> 1. A ketogenic diet excludes gluten and usually milk.... these are sources
of opioid peptides, among those with increased intestinal
> permeability.

An Australian author Ross Horne ("The Health Revolution " and "Beyond
Pritikin") claims that a number of Pritikin followers reversed heart disease
but because they relied heavily on grains they ended up with arthritis and
cancer.  Supposedly eliminating the grains by swapping them for fruit and
vegetables they eliminated the problem.

Thanks for the references.

Sean McBride
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
> Hoggan R. Considering wheat, rye, and barley proteins as aids to
> carcinogens. Med Hypotheses. 1997 Sep;49(3):285-8.
>
> 2. A ketogenic diet bears some similarity to the low-residue, low-fat
> diet, free of gluten and free of milk and milk products used in:
> Donaldson SS, Jundt S, Ricour C, Sarrazin D, Lemerle J, Schweisguth O.
> Radiation enteritis in children. A retrospective review,
> clinicopathologic correlation, and dietary management. Cancer. 1975
> Apr;35(4):1167-78.
>
> The rate of enteritis (the most common cause of death among cancer
> patients undergoing such treatments) dropped from a majority to 0%
>
> 3. Liz's excellent article finds support in the biochemical descriptions
> offered in the following articles:
> Nebeling LC, Miraldi F, Shurin SB, Lerner E. Effects of a ketogenic diet
> on tumor metabolism and nutritional status in pediatric oncology
> patients: two case reports.J Am Coll Nutr. 1995 Apr;14(2):202-8.
> and
> Beck SA, Tisdale MJ. Effect of insulin on weight loss and tumour growth
> in a cachexia model. Br J Cancer. 1989 May;59(5):677-81.
>
>
> Best Wishes,
> Ron Hoggan
> co-author of Dangerous Grains